Means for securing rails to metal ties.



@EST AvArLABLE copy W. OGAN.

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l lli-.Nav MoiiuAN. Alliance, Ohio. Filed l Sept. l2. ltlll. Serial No.(348,997.

To all. 11i/mm, 1' t may concern.'

Ile it known that I, IVILLIAM in citizen of the United States, residingat IAIhanee, in the count of Stark and State tot Ohio` haveinventedyocrtain new and uselful Improvements in ltleans for Secnringllltails to Metal Ties; and I do hereby de.- lclare the following to be afull, clear, and exact. description of the invention, such as hvillenablel others skilled in the art to which tit. a pertains to make anduse the same.

i lt y invention relates to an improvement lin means for securing railsto metal ties, the principal object. bein to dispense withl lthc uso ofbolts or otier parts passingl lthi-ough holes or recesses in the ties orrails., I further object. is to produce simplei iiienns whereby the railinnv be released andi pendjusted to compensate or wear.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in a chairsented on the tit` and adiiptcd to receive the rail, inter-l changeablerail clamping plates sented onI the elinii and held against lateral nmlend-l twise movement thereon, and spring` clamps` foi' locking the partstogether. My invention further consists in the parts .and combiiintioiisof parts as will be more' fully .described and pointed out in the.claims.

In the aeeoiiipnnyiug drawings, Figure 1l ',is a view in perspectiveshowing a sectionI iot' a rail in elevation and the tie in seetiony.Fig. .2 is n view in perspective of a section*y of :i t-ic and showingthe chair, insulation,` .clniiiping plate und armor plates. Fig. 3 isfH. Mono/m,"

ju view in section longitudinally of the tiet the riiil showin" tho oneadjustment. lig. 4

showing tho clamping4 lplates changed and the rail shifted toconipensate for wear, and Fig. 5 is a view in section through the tic,chair, and clamps tshowing inenns for prevent-ingr movement of ethechair. or the tie. llie tie 1 is preferably lI-shapo in cross section,its base flange 2 being wider tlinii its top flange 3. 1

4 are the chairs of renter length than the width of a rail, andl widerthan the tie on which it. is sented. Each cliair is rovided at its sideedges with the depen( ing iside flanges 5, adapted to overhang the oplpostte sides of the tie as clearly shown in ig 2, and also at itsopposite ends with the upwardly projecting flanges t. the spaceintermediate the inner ends of the top flanges (l, being greater thanthe width of the base llange of the rail so as to receive the latterbetween them and permit it. te rest solidly l tand transversely oficlaniping plates in ;is n similar view Ieiently to 'require .regagingof the tracks,y itlie clamping plates may be reversed as securedtogether by the spring BEST AVAILABLE 'copy bearing against theinsulation at the underings for the spring clamps t), si'ibstlantinlly;as shown in my pendine application No.3 643,418, filed August 10th,1911. 1

10 are the clamping plates adapted to rest on the chair intermediate thetop flanges tl.; Both plates are provided with lips 11 adapti ed tooverlap the base flange of the rail at the opposite sides thereof, andone is pro-g vided with the. laterally projecting slioul-f ders 10' andthe other with similar shonl- 'i ders 10". These Shoulders are adaptedtoi bear against the inner or adjacent endsof the llanges (i, and arealike except that shoulders 10 are narrower than shoulders l0h f oi' apur ose that will be hereinafter described.

T ie parts are so constructed and proportioned, that, when theclampingplntcs are in i place on the chair, there will )ust be roomsutlicientI between the inner or adjacent ends of the plates for thebase llange of the rail, so that the latter will be overlapped by thelips. lVlien the parts are thus applied, it. will be seen that there canbe no lateral movement of the chair 4 on the tie, or any longitudinal orliiteral movement of the clamping plies, hence when the parts nre clamps9 tho l rail will be solidly locked to tho tie.

upper jaw terminating` in an upwardly curved free cud, and a lower jawterminating in an upwardly curved free end, and are -ot ii sizesiillieient to rest clear of the chair and tie. 'l`he flanges ti nroshallower tliuu the thickness of tht` clamping pliites l0, so that theclamps pass over the saine without `contacting therewith` and beardirectly on 'the top faces of the clamping ilates 10. v'lhese clamps l2are prefernblv inatle of linid 'ltough and tinelv grained steel, of asizo sulliicient to hohl tie rails to t-lieir seats and to lwithstandthe strain and shocks to which they are subjected, and are under tensionwhen applied. They may be inserted and driven on endwise the chair, orthey may be sprung onz and when in place, the jaws lap tiecliinipiiiplates and top flange of the tie and holilall the partssolidly together.

In assembling the parts, the clamping plates with the thicker shouldersl0h are placed to the inner side of the rail as shown in Fig. 3. Afterthe `rail has worn sullishown in Fig. 4, thus shifting the rail to thefi left, or toward its companion rail. a distance zequal to thedifference in width of the shoulressed side of. the top flange 3 andforming bear g The spring clamps 9 each consist of anv ders l0 and ttl".After the rail hasl worn ljiu one side it may he turned end for end,thus presenting the. unused side to the wheel flanges. ,lf desired thetop of the tie may in recessed as at lt and the chair provided lwith anupset. projection l5 adapted to enter jeaid recess to irevent. anyeudwise move- `nient of the chair on the tie, the recess beingsiiflieiently large to-perinit the insulating material to fully coverand protect the prol'eetion. With my improvement the chairs l;rei-t onthe top of theI tie, and the parts are :all secured together by springclamps, hence the improvement can lie produced at inueh less cost. thanthose 'wherein seats are proivided for the chairs ilnd holes or otheropenings fornied for bolts or other securing deviees.

lt is evident that many slight changes might he resorted to in thelrelative arrangement of parts shown and described without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it, understoodthat. I do not wish to confine myself lto the exact construction andarrangement of parts shown and described, lint llaving fully describedmy invention what I elaiin as new and desire to secure byv4Letters-Patent., is

l. The coinliinatinn with a metal tie having a top flange, of a eliairsented on said lap tie hase flange of tio rai and means for locking thcplates, chair and tie. together.

2. 'llie combination with a iiietiil tie hav- `ing a top flange. of achair having a pair y of upwardly projecting flanges at. eaeli end,`with a spare adapted to rest between said each having laterally lrail`and means for locking the plates, chair and tie together.

3. The combination with a metal tie liiivging a top flange, of a chairhaving depend- |iiig flangei-i to overhang the sides of tho top jflangeof the tie, and a pair of n wardly jprojecting flanges near eaeh` end, cainping lplates. each having liiteriilly rejecting yfihoiildera toengage the. inner eni a of said 'upwardly projecting shoulders, and alipl to engage the base flange of the rail and means for securing theplates, chair and tie to ether.

. The combination with n tie, of a chair having shoulders arranged inpairs onits L ietween the two pairs for the 1 hase flange of the rail,two claiiifping plates A.i

an es and .l projecting aioulders to engage the inner ends of saidflanges, L Iand ,a lip to orelap the hase flange of the i A`iipperdit-ii" f a 5e,

having n lip to engage the base flange, of the 1 BEST AVAILABLE COPY andtwo eh'iiiipiiig platesl each rail and laterally projecting shoulders toengage the shoulders on the chair, the shoull ders on one plate beingwider than the shoulders on its companion plate.

5. The combination with a tie, of a chair i having a pair of upwardlyprojecting ly flanges near each end, and two interchange.

L ahle clamping plates, each having a lip to overlap the base flange ofthe rail` and cach having laterally projecting shoulders to engage theinner ends ofthe upwardly projecting flanges on the chair, thelshoulders on one clamping plate being wider than the shoulders on itscompanion plate.

(i. The combination with a inetal tie having a top flange, of a platehaving a dependi ing flange at each si( flange of the tie, and a pair ofupwardly e to overhang the top projecting parallel flanges at the sidesand near each end, and two interchangeable clamping plates each h'avinga lip to overlap the base flange of the rail and each having laterallyprojecting shoulders to engage the inner ends of the upwardly projectingflanges on the chair, the shoulders on one clamping plate being widerthan the shoulders on its eoiiipiinioii late.

-ln testimony whereo I have signed this specification in the presenceof'two auhscriliing witnesses.

lVILLTAM HENRY MORGAN. lVitnesses:

N. C. Fn'rrnns, C. R. Riou/tana.

